Received $1.7 private investment in August 2011 from investors led by Adam Riggs.

Mappin Location

New York City - New York

Principal Staff

Josh Benson

Principal Staff

Tom McGeveran

Description

When Capital launched in beta in June 2010 it joined an ever-swelling scrum of startups crowding the most covered and coverable city on Earth. How did Capital’s co-founder Josh Benson a longtime writer and editor at the New York Observer hope to break out from the pack? You can find his answer on Capital’s About page: “The premise of Capital is that it is possible for a news website to do well by being good.” [Profile updated April 17 2012]